101: Stunned
The house where Shen Niannian lived was arranged by the Zhang family, and it was in the small building where the second room lived.
She was shocked when she learned that there were seven or eight people living in the two-story building in front of her.
This small building is located in the hospital of the Shen family's house, by the lake in the hospital, although the environment is quiet, but in the past, this building should have been just a room where the lady in the boudoir lived, but now, it is all the people who live in their second room.
Shen Niannian's house is on the second floor, which was originally a room for valuables in the second room, but now it has been vacated and specially lived for her.
And what surprised Shen Niannian was that the two maids who served her turned out to be Xiangyue Vanilla!
"Why are you two here?" Shen Niannian looked at the two maids who had just walked in in surprise, and couldn't help asking.
Xiangyue smiled and began to help her make the bed, "Girl, the two slaves and maids were sent by the prince, these days, the slaves and maids are serving you, the prince said, you may not be used to the current Shen family, so I specially asked General Ling to send the slaves and maids over." ”
"So, you've just arrived?" When Shen Niannian heard this, there was a warmth in his heart, and the corners of his mouth inevitably hooked up a trace of arc, and he laughed.
Xiangyue was happy, "Yes, girl, the slaves and maids have just arrived, and along the way, General Ling is afraid that he will not be able to catch up with the progress of the girls, so he hasn't rested much, but fortunately, he finally caught up today." ”
"Huh? What about General Ling? Shen Niannian saw the cyan color in the eyes of the two girls, and suddenly became a little embarrassed, and hurriedly asked.
General Ling said that he had to rush back to restore his life. So I went first. Vanilla whispered.
"Why is it so urgent? It's not too early, so you should stay and rest for the night! Shen Niannian felt that this was not very good, after all, Ling Moyuan was here to send two maids over, and he didn't even say thank you, so he let the family go, and he was always ashamed in his heart.
"Girl, don't worry, when General Ling left, he also instructed the slaves and maids, saying that when he went back. It won't be so rushed. However, he also asked us to pass on a letter to you. With that, Vanilla took out the letter hidden in her sleeve and handed it to her.
When Shen Niannian heard this, he knew that the person had already left. I had to reluctantly accept it. But I was thinking about the next time I saw Ling Moyuan. I still have to thank him for having a good life.
After taking the letter, Shen Niannian opened it and looked at it, and recognized it as Yi Qinglan's handwriting at a glance.
Yi Qinglan's handwriting is vigorous and powerful. The meaning revealed between the words is nothing more than to let her take good care of herself and wait for him to come to the door to propose.
There are also a lot of words of care and instructions that have been written, adding up to seven or eight pages, Shen Niannian couldn't help but laugh secretly, I really didn't see that that person had such a verbose time.
Seeing that Shen Niannian looked at it and laughed, Xiangyue and Vanilla also knew that it must be a letter written by the prince, the two covered their mouths and laughed secretly, and then began to clean up the house.
Before, Zhang had already ordered someone to clean up the house, but some details were still dirty.
Xiangyue Vanilla brought water, took the cloth and began to wipe it, and when Shen Niannian finished reading the letter, seeing that the two of them were busy, she hurriedly put away her sleeves to help.
"Girl, this must not be done, how can you do all this rough work? Give it to the slaves and maids, and it will soon be cleaned up. Seeing this, Xiangyue hurriedly stopped her and said with a smile.
Shen Niannian shook his head, "It's okay, it's not like I haven't done these jobs, add me one, I can finish it quickly, let's have dinner earlier." ”
So saying, she went to tidy up her clothes.
The furniture and cabinets in the house are all old, after all, with the current financial resources of the Shen family, it is impossible to buy her a new set.
Xiangyue saw that she couldn't stop her, so she had to reluctantly hurry up and clean it up.
When the house was cleaned up, the master and servant rested.
At this time, Shen Mingcheng also walked in with his wife Lin, and seeing that they were all done, Lin smiled and sighed, "Originally, I said that I would come over to help, but I thought that your nephew had been making trouble, so I had time to come over, and you guys would finish cleaning up." ”
"Actually, there's nothing to clean up, it's almost everything that has been cleaned up before." Shen Niannian smiled, invited the couple to come in and sit, poured water again, and then glanced at his eldest brother, and said with a smile, "Ming'er, I have to go and see my little nephew, I heard that he is only more than a year old, right?" I'm an aunt, and I haven't seen him yet. ”
The eldest brother Shen Mingcheng now has two sons and a daughter, and the youngest son was born after the accident of the Shen family, and she really hasn't seen it.
The other two nephews and nieces have not seen each other for two years, and now the eldest one should be nearly five years old.
"Ming'er, you go to our house to take a look at him, that kid was born very noisy, don't bother him." Lin looked at her temperament similar to her previous sister-in-law, and the strangeness that she still had gradually faded, but she felt that Shen Niannian was close.
Their sister-in-law and sister-in-law, although they were not particularly close before, but they also lived together for a year or two, and they also had some feelings, and after getting the news of Shen Ningshuang's death, the Lin family couldn't come to their senses for several days, and now they saw that this newly returned sister-in-law actually looked the same as the previous sister-in-law, not to mention, even the temperament was somewhat similar, so they naturally got closer.
Shen Niannian's impression of this sister-in-law is not bad, Lin was born in a family of eunuchs, her father is a third-grade official, and he used to be the right person with the Shen family, with a good temperament, but not too weak, but a woman who has an appetite for her.
"Aren't children all about making trouble? It's getting dark today, too, or I'll have to go and see my little nephew. Shen Niannian said with a smile.
"Hehe, okay, Niannian, I'm here with your sister-in-law, I have something serious to talk to you about." Shen Mingcheng was secretly relieved to see that their aunt and sister-in-law were getting along well, after all, for him, family harmony was the most important thing.
Shen Niannian nodded and said to Xiangyue Vanilla. "Go and keep watch outside the door, and don't let anyone eavesdrop on you."
Knowing that the eldest brother is coming, it is estimated that he wants to tell her about the current situation of the Shen family, of course, it is not good for others to hear.
Xiangyue Vanilla hurriedly walked out and deliberately closed the door when she was about to leave.
Shen Mingcheng saw that the two familiar maids were eyes flashing, and he obviously recognized them.
Secretly surprised by King Ling's thoughts on his sister-in-law, it seems that it is just words.
"Big brother, if you have anything to say, just say it, I'll listen." There were just three of them in the room. There is no need to shy away from it.
"You can see the situation at home today. Now the fourth uncle is doing business outside and is responsible for raising this big family, although we didn't let them raise it in the second room, but the fourth uncle said so to the outside world. Shen Mingcheng directly talked about the current situation of the Shen family. I want her to have a bottom in her heart.
Since the Shen family was kicked out of Kyoto. After coming to Lincheng. There are many people in the family who complain that it was Shen Qianqiu who affected the Shen family, otherwise the Shen family's title would not have been cut, and they would not have to go away. The people in the other rooms of the family were very dissatisfied with their second room, and even the old lady's attitude towards them gradually became indifferent.
Now although Shen Qianqiu still has the title of a five-grade official, in fact, this official position just sounds good, and he has no real power.
The folk customs of Lincheng are already stronger than those in the Southern Regions, and the forces in it are mixed, and they have long been guarded by several big families, how can the Shen family, an outsider who offended the one in Kyoto, be looked down upon?
Therefore, although Shen Qianqiu is a fifth-grade official, he can be squeezed out by other officials here, and he doesn't even have a single house that should be allocated to a fifth-grade official.
Seeing that the second room is weak now, the people in the other rooms naturally gradually don't take the people in their second room in their eyes, but because of the Feng family, the fourth room started a reselling business in Lincheng, and the money in his hand increased, and gradually, it naturally became the focus of the other rooms, so naturally they didn't regard their second room as the same thing.
"Since the food and drink in our second room were not taken from the fourth uncle, then why ......" Shen Niannian asked suspiciously.
"The fourth uncle has money in his hands, although we don't need them in the second room, but the rent of this house is given by the fourth room." Shen Mingcheng sighed, "I persuaded my father to split up the family at the beginning, since everyone is not of the same mind, why should they live together and be angry with the fourth uncle and four aunts?" But my father agreed, but the old lady disagreed, so we could only make do with each other. ”
"The old lady disagrees, I'm afraid it's because the fifth uncle doesn't have the ability to support herself, and she's afraid that the people in the fifth uncle's room will suffer, right?" When Shen Niannian heard this, he didn't understand what the old lady was thinking, and immediately sneered.
Although Shen Mingcheng didn't speak, he nodded, obviously understanding the reason.
In the Shen family, except for the people in the second room and the fifth room, they are sons-in-law, and the second room inherited the title back then, even if the Shen family is down, but Shen Qianqiu still has an official position, but Shen Qianqi in the fifth room is just a white body, if the family is separated, there is no official position, and there is no ability to make money, where is the old lady willing to divide the family and let her parents go out to suffer such hardships?
I'd rather have a big family crammed into such a small house, and I would never say anything about separating the family.
"Now that you're back, look at the old lady's meaning, it is estimated that you want to make a fortune on your family affairs, and now the people in the fifth room are the worst in our family, even if the old lady secretly supports her, but the fifth uncle is arrogant and indulgent, and he can't afford to support the family, I look at the old lady's current meaning, that is, I want to save more money for the fifth uncle, you have to be careful, don't be calculated by the old lady." Shen Mingcheng reminded loudly.
Although her sister-in-law now has such a big backer as King Ling, after all, this matter cannot be publicized, so as not to arouse the covetousness of people with intentions, then, the old lady, there will definitely be some careful thinking that should not be there.
"Big brother, don't worry, it's not that I don't know who the old lady is, how can I be at her mercy?" Shen Niannian smiled, but there was a chill in her eyes, "If she really dares to beat my idea, I don't mind letting our grandmother learn some lessons, not to mention, after I came back this time, I found out that the old lady cares about Aunt Feng very much." ”
This afternoon, Aunt Feng was arrested, and after being locked in the firewood room, she was ordered to be beaten to death with a stick, and the old lady obviously wanted to go to the firewood room to save Aunt Feng, but was hindered by her father.
After the news of Aunt Feng's death came up from the next person, the old lady's face suddenly turned white, and then she was sick and had to lie down for a few days.
"Isn't Aunt Feng's relationship with the old lady always stiff? How could an old lady care about her? Shen Mingcheng frowned, a little unconvinced.
Shen Niannian hurriedly said that when she went with her father to ask the old lady to say goodbye, when she talked about the things that Aunt Feng had done, the old lady's reaction was obviously not like seeing the thorn in her eye and the emotions were told one by one.
And the Lin family, who had been listening to their brother and sister chatting, also opened his mouth at this time, "Speaking of which, the relationship between Aunt Feng and the old lady is indeed not as-for-tat as it seems!" I used to wonder why the old lady clearly saw Aunt Feng unpleasant, but she didn't embarrass her much, and last time I saw the old lady's mother Hua secretly gave Aunt Feng a purse, now I hear you say this, I'm afraid, the relationship between Aunt Feng and the old lady is really unusual! ”
Shen Mingcheng and Shen Niannian looked at each other, their faces were not very good-looking.
The biological mother was obviously poisoned to death by Aunt Feng, and even Shen Niannian was taken away by Aunt Feng at the behest of Shen Xiuniang, they had already guessed how an aunt could have so much courage, but now if you guess carefully, if the person standing behind this Aunt Feng is an old lady, it will inevitably make sense!
Shen Niannian's face gradually became cold, and there was a coldness all over his body.
In the end, it's not her own grandmother, the old lady can't wait for everyone in their second room to die, this huge Shen family is all given to the fifth uncle!
After her mother's death, she also heard that the old lady wanted her niece to marry her father to fill the house, but her father did not agree, but married Zhang.
And Aunt Feng was at that time, often speaking ill of the Zhang family in front of her, which made her have a very bad impression of the Zhang family and was also full of hostility.
If the old lady is the black hand behind it, then the elixir on the father's body can also make sense.
Aunt Feng is just a concubine in the house, how could she have so much silver taels to come back with such an expensive but vicious medicine?
Only an old lady would not want her father to give birth to too many heirs, so in the more than ten years since the Zhang family married into the Shen family, she only gave birth to a frail and sickly ninth sister!
The brother and sister were extremely frightened when they thought about it, and they both saw the fear in each other's eyes.
In their eyes, the old lady has always been a brainless person, she doesn't speak pleasantly, and her temperament is also lost, who would have thought that she would have such a deep city?! (To be continued.) )